welcome to good new york opening day of baseball
edition we are here syracuse match stadium for
opening day look traditionally opening day you
think of spring you think of summer look we live
in upstate new york and you just deal with it
all right i'm a bills fan so i'm used to this
stuff we're gonna have a lot of fun today and
um i you know give me some peanuts Maybe some
crapper jacks. I don't care if I ever go back.
Let's do this thing. Let's go. We're about to
get hit by the mascot. They touched me. All right.
Good news, York. Our first shoot. And we're going
to we're interviewing the GM of the Syracuse
Metis is insane. Got nowhere to go but down.
Hard, fast, spiraling. I have no business interviewing
you. It is a pleasure to meet you, especially
on such a day like this. It's opening day. Now,
is this one of your favorite days of the year,
I would assume? It is. It's open day. There's
Christmas day. There's New Year's Day. There's
open day. That's right. We're day in. It's usually
a pretty important day. So we've woken up. We
have been out of business for six months. Now
we get to see our season ticket holders, our
friends, our workers, the players are back. It's
just the start of a new season. It's just. Hope
Springs Eternal. We're essentially in first place.
That is a fact. That's a fact. It couldn't be
a better time of the year for us. I could not
agree more. The weather obviously doesn't cure
anybody. It looks like everybody's out and about.
It could be worse. It's sunny. We've had worse
opening days. So as long as it's sunny, we'll
have a nice little crowd today. We'll have a
lot of fun. It's crazy. We'll play the hand joked
out. That's right. And here at Good News York,
we like to ask, so what's the good news? Give
us some good news. What's the good news? Good
news is over today. Yep. Good news is not a rain.
Good news, we're on the right side of the dirt.
Give them up every day. It's a blessing. We got
this great giveaway today. It's super cold. We're
not going to achieve the 53 -degree guarantee,
but that's not a negative. That's positive. It's
like we could buy one and get one, because now
all of our fans could bring their tickets back
to any game they want in April or May. That's
amazing. It's Taco Tuesday. Who doesn't know
it's Taco Tuesday? Right, it's Taco Tuesday.
If you don't, then it's weird. There might be
some copyright infringement with Taco Bell on
that. I think LeBron had a problem with them,
but... They're not going after LeBron. They're
not going after us. And look, LeBron's not here.
So I got to ask you, though, as a huge sports
fan myself, when the Mets organization up at
the top, when there's a big signing like a want
soda, does that reverberate down to the minor
leagues? You know, I think the excitement about
the Mets is never a bad thing. I think for us,
you know, what I've noticed, you've now been
owned. Well, we were owned by the Mets for seven
years, but we had affiliated with the Mets on
the field for seven years. It's just the best
fact, whether it was, you know, it's been building
over time, right? It was de Grom, it was Schürrsch,
and then it was Littor, and then it was the excitement
of the Jutguns, of Vientos, of Beaty, and Amorez.
And then all of a sudden it's Juan Soto. So they
made the playoffs last year, they got Juan Soto.
How many home runs were hit last night? I think
a link of a night. So it's the Met effect. because
there's so many Met fans in central New York.
Everywhere we go, we're one of the largest drawing
teams on the road. So you talk to Michael, the
radio guy, he'll be like, there's a lot of orange
and blue jerseys here in Charlotte. There's a
lot of orange and blue jerseys here in Rochester.
Met fans are out of their mind. I love it. But
it's just the fact that getting guys like Soto
can only... increase that. The better the Mets
do, the better it is for us. That's amazing.
Now, give me one thing I've got to try food or
drink wise here at the ballpark. So that's my
first time here. All right, first time here.
You got to have a Hoffenhoff though. It's the
world's greatest hot dog. You're gonna ballpark
kind of hot dog. I would recommend to get it
off of the grilled carts, because they're better.
But today's a taco Tuesday, so we transformed
the hot dog carts into taco carts. But we don't
make bad, we make the best tacos made in a baseball
stadium in the north side of Syracuse in April
on a Tuesday. So you got that going for you.
But here's the real secret. Okay, I'm ready.
The perode. Oh, I love a good pierogi. We have
a couple of varieties. We have regular pierogi
that are cooked in butter on the grill with onions.
And we have deep -fried buffalo chicken pierogi
over at the first base stand. You had me at fried.
I don't know, today's the day for a wine slushie.
For the whole day. You know, if you get yourself
a pierogi at a Utica club, that's a little thing
called heaven. All right, before I let you go,
I got to ask for those. Young fans like myself,
well, I'm not so young, but for fans who always
dream, oh, I could be a GM someday, I could be
a GM, can you take me, just like a brief, what's
a day in the life like for a GM? It's like the
same thing I tell everybody else, take it, job
is yours. I did it, mom! I did it! All right,
first things first, taco Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday. It's hot work. All right, there you have
it. The GM of the Syracuse Mets, thank you so
much for your time, my man. Thank you. I appreciate
it. Keep spreading the good work. You got it.
Oh, no, I couldn't. I couldn't stop. OK. We are
heading into the team store where we are going
to drop them by. Let's go. When I'm looking for
a good hat, right? Is it not a big snapback guy?
No offense to the snapback. Crow. I like a nice
fitted hat, you know. I'm also a fan of like
simple. I like just not this. Oh, no, that's
pretty simple. But like, uh, for example, right?
Nice and simple. Snap back, that's okay. Look.
Simple. Doesn't have to be four -ish. But I do
appreciate over the goddamn top. Yeah, we should
get that for it. I think we should get that for
Because nothing says asshole like a giant orange
cowboy I'm here with our protest, Gate News York.
What's up? What's your name? I'm William. How
are you? William, nice to meet you. Welcome to
the team store. Well, this is a really nice place.
Thank you. Can you just, you know, give me some
good news. What do you got for me? It could be
about anything. That's our new jersey, that blue
one. I'm in love with those jerseys, actually.
I love that it says Syracuse, of course. How
long have you been working? This is my fourth
season. Fourth season. And you enjoy it, I see.
Yeah, it's a good shop. It's a good place to
work. We're having fun. Get to watch baseball
all day. It's a great day. You can see it right
from here. And you're not out in the cold. This
is my office. This is your office. This is the
view from my office. It's absolutely beautiful.
Now, if I'm going to eat something today, what
is, like, what's the thing I got to have? I like
the pierogies a lot. I like hot dogs, but I'd
rather have a pierogi. You know what? They're
all the way on the third base line, and the guy,
his name's Billy. He does them really good. OK,
so we've been told about these pierogies. Now
we've got a name and location. And I like Chick
-fil -A, too. I do. I will venture over there
and have a Chick -fil -A every once in a while
as well. Perfect. Well, thank you, Will. You're
the best, man. Have fun today. Enjoy the game.
You going to stay for the game? Absolutely. OK,
good. Danny, I feel like we're really doing it
now. You know? That's a hat. And I'm ready for
some baseball. It's our first time in the Metropolitan.
This is beautiful. What's your name? Lauren.
Lauren? Yeah. Do you mind if I interview you?
Sure. Laura, how long have you been working here?
Eight years, I believe. Eight years? Yeah. So
do you just work lobby? This hasn't been here
eight years, so you work all around the ballpark?
Yes. I'm at pretty much every stand I think I've
worked in. But are you strictly bartender server?
No, I actually have done warehouse. I have worked
in the kitchen. I have worked in pretty much
every department here. Womanizer. Do you know
Danny? I do know Danny. Everybody knows Danny.
Yeah. I thought everyone was excited to see me
and then I realized nobody knows me as soon as
he did and that's it should be that way. So do
you have a favorite spot to work in like in the
stadium or are you here do you love it all? I
work at the dugout bar that's like my my place
to be but I will work anywhere there's not really
specific. All right so I've been asking everybody
and so far it's checked out. If there's one thing
I've got to eat today what is it? The buffalo
pro -geese. Dude it's a done deal. It's a done
deal. Well, thank you. And I don't do spicy food,
so if you can eat that. Oh, I love spicy. Then
there you go. There you go. Oh, God. Well, it
was so nice. What was your name again? I'm sorry.
Lauren. Lauren, everybody. Come see her at the
Metropolitan Club or the dugout or, I don't know,
the front entrance, the side entrance. She might
even be playing baseball today. I played softball.
There you go. Well, thank you so much. Thank
you. Well, Matt. Nice boots. It's really ripping.
And we have a podcast called Good News York.
We just started a couple months ago, and we wanted
to be here for opening day and shoot an episode.
Well, we kept asking. We did some interviews,
and I said, what is one thing I have to try?
I'm going to be here. What's what up? Everyone
said the parole is 20 % tip. Always listen. Always
tip. Always tip. I made a living on tips for
a long time. There we go. All right. I'm very
excited about this, and I'm more excited to eat
it in front of Danny and not awkward him any.
This isn't going to be pretty. All right, I don't
have a knife. Here we go. That's the sauerkraut
one. Let me try the potato cheddar. It's good.
Really, really good. I forgot how cold I am.
Uh -huh. Yeah. That's right. Mm -hmm. I feel
Polish. Mm. If they're coming to the Syracuse
Mots, I will endorse these pierogies. I can't
even tell you the last time I had a pierogi.
Danny, you don't mess with pierogies, all right?
You should. You can always tell the guys that
came from the ground weather who they're the
ones huddling underneath the heaters. And I don't
blame them. All right. I promised you that we
would get into something. And I ran into Ryan
McMahon, Onondaga County executive. Now, you've
been throwing a baseball for about two and a
half hours. So I'm assuming you're throwing out
the first pitch. I am. I take this very seriously.
Because if you throw out a bad pitch, you have
all year to think about it. So it's cold out
here. Yeah. And I argue you have your whole life
to think about it. Because I've seen a couple
instances. I don't want to make you nervous.
But there's a guy by the name of Bababooey from
the Howard Stern Show. He's very famous for throwing
the absolute worst pitch. Has this kept you up
at night? Have you really thought about it? You
said I've been out here for a while. He really
has. So this is something you think about. I
remember my first one of these when I first became
county executive. I was actually out here the
day before. I woke up the next day with a dead
arm. And so I ended up actually throwing probably
my best pitch because I couldn't feel anything.
But this is very serious business and there was
an old politician who didn't even make it to
the dirt before. So our goal is to throw a strike
every year. It's what the people deserve. See,
now listen, you're already going into this with
a winning recipe. People come out and they're
like, I don't know, I can throw the ball. You
really do have to take it serious. You just got
to get it to the plate. And I've been watching
it throw. I think you're OK. Do you have any
advice for someone who's going to throw on the
first pitch? Throw it from the mound is the only
way to do it, in my opinion. But you better get
your distance and your muscle memory figured
on that, especially if you haven't thrown a baseball
in a good 10 or 20 years. So, you know, that's
my advice. It's a serious business. Once a year
opportunity for me. And you try to make the most
of it. I agree. All right, I'll get you out of
here on this one. So, our show is Good News York.
Give us some, anything, good news for Onondaga
County. What we got? Well, it's great that baseball
season's back. If you're a Mets fan like I am,
it's great to see what the Major League team
has. Seeing some of that talent come up and down
is going to be fantastic this year. But look,
our community's going through an economic renaissance
right now. We're becoming the high -tech manufacturing
powerhouse, really, of the Northeast. and we're
going to be breaking around on the Micron project
in November. So, you know, that means more economic
opportunity, more jobs and more fans in the stance.
Well, we're all excited. I promise you that Brian
McMahon, thank you for your time and good luck.
Please don't just get it. Get it over the plate.
All right. I'll never live it down in my heart.
Now that we interview, I'm actually nervous.
I'm rooting. Because usually I'm like, ha ha
ha, miss it, loser. But now I can't. Here he
goes. All right. Let's see if that two and a
half hours worth of warming up paid off Here
we go Okay, okay It was wide it was high, but
he got it there. That's all that matters. You
have to get it there Or you will never live it
down. I didn't want to tell him but like You'll
never live it down. All right Mike Brindisi the
New York saying farewell from NBT Bank Stadium
Opening day, Syracuse Metz versus the Scranton
-Wilkes -Barre rail riders, I believe. It's the
Yankees affiliated. We're leaving for two reasons.
One, we're cold, and I think we've overstayed
our welcome. You're getting the side eye from
everybody. Hopefully I won the 50 -50. Danny's
signing autographs. I don't know how you didn't
have time to shoot this. We're going to do this
again. So yeah. Here we are, in New York. See
you tomorrow.